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When are worship and Sunday School?

St. Andrew's offers two different worship services on Sunday: our contemporary service begins at 8:30, and our traditional service begins at 11:00. Between the services, at 9:45, we hold Sunday School for all ages, nursery to adults.

What should I wear?

You'll find many styles of dress at St. Andrew's, from jeans to suits and ties. Most people find that casual pants and a button shirt are most comfortable. Women are usually most at home in pants or a skirt and blouse.

Where is St. Andrew's located? How do I get there?

We're located in Shenandoah Subdivision, across from St. Michael the Archangel High School.

 

From Baton Rouge: 

Take I-12 toward Denham Springs. Get off at the O'Neal exit (the last exit before Livingston Parish). Turn right on O'Neal. Drive south about 2.5 miles, then turn left on George O'Neal Road. Drive about a half mile. Turn right on Antioch Road, then take an immediate left on Monitor. Go about a half mile. St. Andrew's is on the right, across from the High School, right past the stop sign.

 

From Livingston Parish:

 

Take I-12 west toward Baton Rouge. Take the first exit in East Baton Rouge Parish (O'Neal Lane). Turn left on O'Neal.  Drive south about 2.5 miles, then turn left on George O'Neal Road. Drive about a half mile. Turn right on Antioch Road, then take an immediate left on Monitor. Go about a half mile. St. Andrew's is on the right, across from the High School, right past the stop sign.

 

From Ascension Parish:

Take I-10 north toward Baton Rouge. Get off at the Highland Road exit and turn right.  Go about 2 miles (you'll cross Airline Highway about a mile down) and turn left on Old Jefferson Highway. Go about a half mile and turn right at the light at Antioch Road. Drive about a mile and a half, then turn left onto Tiger Bend Road. Drive a little more than a half mile and turn right on Jones Creek Road. (You'll see Woodlawn Middle School right before that intersection.) Drive about a mile and turn right on George O'Neal Road. (Look for Albertson's on the corner.) Drive about a mile and turn right on Antioch, then take an immediate left on Monitor. Go about a half mile. St. Andrew's is on the right, across from the High School, right past the stop sign.

What do United Methodists believe?

From the United Methodist Website:

As United Methodists, we have an obligation to bear a faithful Christian witness to Jesus Christ, the living reality at the center of the Church’s life and witness. To fulfill this obligation, we reflect critically on our biblical and theological inheritance, striving to express faithfully the witness we make in our own time.

Two considerations are central to this endeavor: the sources from which we derive our theological affirmations and the criteria by which we assess the adequacy of our understanding and witness.

The United Methodist Church makes no bones about its social principles and social agenda, although it never says that they are the will of God.

Instead, we recognize that our public support or opposition represents our human decisions. Of course, we make those decisions in the context of trying to understand what God wants for us, but we never claim to have a divine pronouncement on something; therefore, issues are always open to discussion.

We do have a set of basic beliefs about the social world, which is summed up in our Social Creed:

• We believe in God, Creator of the world; and in Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of creation. We believe in the Holy Spirit, through whom we acknowledge God’s gifts, and we repent of our sin in misusing these gifts to idolatrous ends.
• We affirm the natural world as God’s handiwork and dedicate ourselves to its preservation, enhancement, and faithful use by humankind.
• We joyfully receive for ourselves and others the blessings of community, sexuality, marriage, and the family.
• We commit ourselves to the rights of men, women, children, youth, young adults, the aging, and people with disabilities; to improvement of the quality of life; and to the rights and dignity of racial, ethnic, and religious minorities.
• We believe in the right and duty of persons to work for the glory of God and the good of themselves and others and in the protection of their welfare in so doing; in the rights to property as a trust from God, collective bargaining, and responsible consumption; and in the elimination of economic and social distress.
• We dedicate ourselves to peace throughout the world, to the rule of justice and law among nations, and to individual freedom for all people of the world.
• We believe in the present and final triumph of God’s Word in human affairs and gladly accept our commission to manifest the life of the gospel in the world. Amen.

United Methodists have a long history of social activism, which comes from the very roots of the Church, founder John Wesley’s urging to spread "scriptural holiness across the land." So we do take a formal stand on many social issues and work to create equality and fairness in these areas.